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Upcoming and Current Opportunities
Compassion Sunday - May 11th
Compassion International is a Christian non-profit that works to release children from poverty in Jesus’s name. Representatives from Compassion International will join us on Sunday, May 11th to give those interested an opportunity to choose a child to support.
Sharing the Table - May 4th
Join with other Calvary members to help prepare, serve, and enjoy a meal with our sheltered and unsheltered neighbors in Golden. The food is prepared at Calvary after the 9:30 service and served at Golden First United Methodist Church at 5:30pm. Set-up for the meal is at 5pm. Sharing the Table is a community partnership meant to build community support and friendship around the unsheltered in Golden. Sign up here to participate:
https://calvarychurchgolden.ccbchurch.com/need_detail.php?need_id=176
Contact Vanessa Hayes at: vanessa.wharton@gmail.com for more information.
Ongoing Opportunities
Calvary Food Shelf (Open 10-3, M-Th)
Each month, members of Calvary are asked to bring a particular food item to help stock the Calvary Food Shelf (CFS) which is accessed by members of our community in need of food. Items are typically brought to the weekend services, or to the office during the week. If you’d like to provide financial support, which is always welcome, you can mail a check to the Calvary office, made out to the Golden Rescue Fund (note: CFS) or give online through the Calvary Church website. Contact Kirk Quackenbush at 720-290-3511 or quacks41@msn.com with any questions.
Food items for April: Pickles
CrossPurpose
Cross Purpose is a nonprofit organization focused on abolishing relational, economic, and spiritual poverty through career and community development. They are looking for volunteer mentors to support their next Fellowship cohort. Legacy Fellowship volunteers mentor graduates through basic financial principles like budgeting, saving, credit, and money management. Go to crosspurpose.org for more information.
Calvary’s Refugee Ministry (HOME Team)
Calvary’s HOME Team welcomed the Qaderi Family from Afghanistan in February 2022 and the Abduljabbar Family from Iraq in May 2023. The Qaderi Family is a family of six living in Thornton, with four small children. The Abduljabbar Family is a family of three with a single mom and two sons situated in Lakewood. Both families enjoy meeting new people and would love to practice their English. If you would like to come alongside either of these families, or help with apartment set-up for new families coming to the Denver area, contact Carol Rose at zzzzcarol@aol.com or Shannon Campbell at shannon@calvarygolden.net.
Saint Francis Center Sunday
St. Francis Center (SFC) is a transformation hub for men and women who are homeless in the metro Denver area. It is a day shelter providing a myriad of services that enable people to meet their basic needs and to transition out of homelessness. Calvary coordinates volunteers to serve at this shelter during the week, and on the 4th Sunday morning of each month. If you are interested, please contact Kathie Gerwig atkdgedg2@gmail.com
Sharing the Table
Sharing the Table is a community partnership meant to build community support and friendship around the unsheltered in Golden. If you would like to join the community meal and help prepare food, contact Vanessa Hayes vanessa.wharton@gmail.com or Shannon Campbell shannon@calvarygolden.net
The Sharing the Table partnership is the new focus for the Calvary SOS (Safe Outdoor Space) Team. The SOS team is moving from serving meals to Safe Outdoor Space residents in Denver to partnering with the Golden United Methodist Church to serve meals to the unsheltered in Golden (which includes these Sharing the Table events). Let Vanessa or Shannon know if you'd like to join in on these wonderful opportunities.
Recent Events
Be a Tool
Calvary families and individuals partnered with Be a Tool and the Together Church of Golden for a wonderful day of hands-on support with local Golden residents in need! What a fun day it was! The teams worked at 5 different houses and completed all the needs given to us. It was a great time of fellowship and getting our hands in the mud and paint! We can't wait to invite our Calvary family into this wonderful work again next year.
